"The new generation TS-119 and TS-219 Turbo NAS are the most affordable NAS servers with iSCSI application for personal and business users. The built-in iSCSI target feature allows the users to create an IP-SAN (storage area network) for data backup or storage capacity expansion on the home or office network. The Turbo NAS is also ideal multimedia storage solution for home users," says Laurent Cheng, Product Manager from QNAP. "The built-in UPnP/ DLNA media server (TwonkyMedia) of the TS-119 and TS-219 supports numerous DLNA media players such as Sony PS3, Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming consoles and High-Definition media players (compatible with NFS). The users can even use their iPhone and iPod touch to play the music and video or view the photos on the NAS."

The TS-119 supports 2TB SATA hard drive and the total storage capacity can be expanded to maximum 4TB by eSATA of USB storage device expansion. The unique fanless design enables an absolutely quiet working environment. Its power consumption is less than 13W which is ideal for operation 24x7 at home or in the office. The TS-219 is a powerful NAS which supports two hot-swappable hard drives, up to 4TB storage capacity, RAID 1, Online RAID Capacity Expansion, and Online RAID Level Migration. The TS-119 and TS-219 come with Turbo NAS beta firmware 3.0 which brings the best user experience with CoverFlow-like AJAX web interface. For more information, please visit QNAP website. The product page for the TS119 can be found here, and that of the TS219 here.

6 Commentson QNAP Launches the World's First 1-bay and 2-bay NAS with iSCSI

The TS-219 looks great. QNAP is obviously spending "some" time on product design. Good job. But their spec comparison where they say in operation is only 21W whereas a server is 350W is just pure nonsense.

I've just built a dual Xeon server and it is less than 130W when running a typical FTP/NAS equivalent service. Yes, a lot more than 21W... but NO, nowhere near 350W. And guess what, if I need horsepower, I've got it on tap.

Apart from criticising their disingenuous statistics, the TS-219 looks nice. However, I would prefer they adopted an Atom or VIA based x86... which would allow much greater flexibility in install options. I'd trade 3W extra power for that flexibility.

No SCSI, just SATA. SSD makes no sense for a NAS. After all, you are constrained by ethernet protocol speeds, not HDD performance! And on a NAS, storage capacity is what you are looking for... not 230MB/s read speeds.

lemonadesoda said:No SCSI, just SATA. SSD makes no sense for a NAS. After all, you are constrained by ethernet protocol speeds, not HDD performance! And on a NAS, storage capacity is what you are looking for... not 230MB/s read speeds.